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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

A fruit fly. Northwestern researchers experimented on clusters of flies with Huntington’s disease to determine the relationship between altered sleep-wake cycles and neurodegenerative diseases.

Northwestern researchers find possible link between disrupted sleep-cycles and protection against neurodegenerative diseases

April 7, 2019

When Weinberg Prof. Ravi Allada and his research team began altering the sleeping patterns of a group of fruit flies, they thought a disrupted or unusual sleep-wake cycle would prove to be a risk factor...

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